{"id":797500,"date":"2026-08-01T14:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797500\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T14:08:19","slug":"ipad-air-could-finally-be-redesigned-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797500\/","title":{"rendered":"iPad Air Could Finally Be Redesigned Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The iPad Air<\/a> has looked the same since 2020, making it the longest-running design in Apple’s tablet lineup. There is a reasonable case that 2027 could be when that comes to an end.<\/p>\n

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Apple last gave the \u200ciPad Air\u200c a new enclosure in 2020, when the fourth-generation model introduced flat sides, an all-screen front, and Touch ID<\/a> in the top button. The subsequent M1<\/a>, M2<\/a>, M3, and M4 updates were all internal with no design changes.<\/p>\n

That could change next year. Apple is expected to move the iPad Air to OLED in early 2027<\/a>, with Samsung Display supplying single-stack LTPS panels<\/a> that sit below the tandem OLED<\/a> in the iPad Pro<\/a> on cost and brightness. The M5 chip is also rumored. That will form the largest change the product has had in years, and it comes as part of a wider OLED rollout<\/a> that will eventually reach products like the iMac<\/a> and MacBook Air<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The substantial upgrade would be a suitable candidate for a complete redesign. When the \u200ciPad Pro\u200c moved to \u200cOLED\u200c in 2024, Apple completely redesigned the device for the first time since 2018, introducing a substantially thinner chassis.<\/p>\n

More strikingly, the iPad mini<\/a> 8 is expected by October<\/a> with a new design, an OLED display<\/a>, a vibration-based speaker system<\/a> that eliminates speaker holes, and a water-resistant casing<\/a> that would be an iPad<\/a> first. <\/p>\n

The \u200ciPad Air\u200c and \u200ciPad mini\u200c have shared their design language since their introduction, with the mini most recently adopting the Air’s look in 2021 and holding it through to the iPad mini 7<\/a>. If the mini receives a new enclosure this year, the Air is the obvious candidate to bring over the same one next. It could be much like how the original \u200ciPad mini\u200c from 2012 set the design standard for the \u200ciPad Air\u200c just a year later. <\/p>\n

There have been no specific rumors about an \u200ciPad Air\u200c redesign for next year, but if it does mirror the \u200ciPad mini\u200c, the device could gain the same vibration-based speaker system, water-resistance, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The iPad Air has looked the same since 2020, making it the longest-running design in Apple’s tablet lineup.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[107357,74],"class_list":["post-797500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ipad-air","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}